Bed-spring.



3. B. MARTIN.

BED SPFHNG. APPLiCATlON FILED DEC.1914.

' Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

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described and I Inthe'accompanying drawings: Figure 1 woven wire bed spring struction and said invention comprises a.

woven wire spring ears raranr prion.

JOHN B. MARTIN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BED-SPRING.

Application filed December 3, 1914.

T 0 all whom 1' t may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN B. MARTIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certaininew and useful Improvements .in Bed-Springs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the This invention relates to improvements in bed springsl The main object of the invention is to rovide a spring of this character so constructedyas to stiffen the outer edges of the bed and prevent the user from accidentally rolling or slipping off when asleep.

Another object is to provide a spring of this character with means for reliably retaining a mattress thereon andholding it against slipping side-wise.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features "of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully claimed.

of a portion of a equipped with this represents a plan'view woven wire bed 'spnng 3 is an enlarge detail cross sectional view; Fig. 1 is adetail per spective view of one of the reirfiorcing or bracing springs; Fig.1) is a top plan view of a portion of another form of spring pro- 'vided with this improvement; Fig. 6 is a side elevation thereof; and Fig. 7 is a transverse section taken on the'line 7-7 of Fig. 5. In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 the invention is shown applied to a S of ordinary conplurality of truncated cone shaped spiral springs '1 arranged in longitudinal alinement along the opposite side edges of the Sbetween the edges of the wire fabric F. and supporting side bars 2 and 3 arranged below and spaced from saidfabric as is shown clearly in. Figs. 1 and 2, said bars being here shown composed of having upstanding connecting ends E to the upper edges of which are secured spiral springs s which connect said ends with a fabric for the springs 1 is formed.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

and to each other projecting F and whereby a housing Serial No. 875,287..

The springs 1 are arranged alternately with the base of one extending upwardly and that of the next downwardly as shown in Fig. 2 to adapt them to be arranged in close proximity and a greater number to be employed than could be if otherwise arranged thus stiffening the edges. Any suitable means may be employed for attaching these springs to the fabric F'and the supporting bars 2 and 3, a wire of the fabric at each side edge. thereof being shown connected by loops L with the upper ends of the springs 1 for connecting them to the fabric (see Fig. 2). The alternating springs 1 which have their bases projecting upwardly to engage with the wire fabric/F are provided with mattress stops 1 here shown in the form of a loop projecting upwardly from the final coil at the base of said spring on one side thereof and which is designed to engage the slde edges of the mattress M when the springs are in operative position and hold said mattress M against sidewise movement as' is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 the invention is shown applied to a bed spring constructed of slats 5 with spiral springs 6 mounted between them such as is common in bed springs of this. character, the said springs 6 being shown connected by the usual chains 7. Ar-

ranged between the spiral springs 6 on the side edges of the bed spring are truncated coneshaped' spiral springs 1 constructed similarly to those above final coils thereof provided with upwardly loops l to form stops for the mattress. These springs 1 are connected with the adjacent springs 6 by-chains 7'. These reinforcing springs which are disposed at the side edges of the bed spring are compressible uniformly and tend to reinforce said spring at these edges and offer greater resistance to the weight of the user than the woven wire fabric or the springs 6 from which the spring is ordinarily constructed. If desired, these springs 1 and 1 may be made of heavy wire so that they will not readily yield to pressure and thus will hold the side edges vof the bed normally flush with the body portion though pressure be exerted thereon. In addition to preventing the accidental slipping or rolling off of the user in sleep from the spring S these auxiliary reinforcing springs Patented FebaiwniBli6.

described and hav-, ,ing their bases projecting upwardly and the thereof even alprevent sagging of the bed at the sides which often occurs by reason of persons sitting on the edge of the bed.

"I claim as my invention: I I In va bed spring, the combination of a frame composed of angle iron side bars, upstanding end members connecting said sidebars with their upper ends disposed .in a plane above the plane of the sidebars, a

'woven wire fabric arranged between said ends and side bars, coiled springs connecting said fabric and the upper edges of said-ends forming a housing below said fabric a plurality of longitudinally alined uniformly compressible truncated cone-shaped spiral springs secured at one end to the side members of said frame, said springs being arranged in close proximity and alternately with. the base of one disposed downwardly Op'pies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, I). 0."

said springs being of the same height, the

'final coil in each spring which has its base extending upwardly being each bent into a longitudinally extending loop at the'outer siyle of the spring which loops project above the woven wirefabric to form mattress retaining means, and wire loops connecting one of the wires of the fabric at each side edge thereof with the upper ends of the spiral springs.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witmesses.-

JOHN B. MARTIN.

Commissioner of Patents, 

